HELP appreciated!

I suggest you to install Ubuntu NOT using Wubi.

Installing Ubuntu using Wubi make Ubuntu less robust and all problems that you will have to Windows can be affect your Ubuntu partition file.

I strongly suggest you to install Ubuntu+Windows in dual mode creating a real Ubuntu ext3 partition.
In this mode you can use Ubuntu and Windows ad usual and then using installed Ubuntu you can save or repair damaged (due viruses or other issue) Windows partitions data.

- Here the steps to install Ubuntu 8.04.1 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall

Is very easy to install, if you need info please ask.

Thank you

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What is Wubi

Wubi Ubuntu installation
Wubi http://wubi-installer.org/, is a Ubuntu installer for Windows. ( Windows UBuntu Installer ) WUBI
Wubi installer is a good method, but not the best, to install and try Ubuntu for Windows user, using an easy way.
Wubi installer don't make a real ext3 filesystem partition, separated isolated from Windows, it create a big file into the windows filesystem and install Ubuntu in it, so if you have problems into Windows partition (viruses, filesystem corruption) you can damage and loose all the installed Ubuntu.

Ubuntu installation
Boot the pc and install Ubuntu from Ubuntu live install cd, is the usual and best way to install Ubuntu in dual boot mode. (Ubuntu is installed not using Windows)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/I386
install Ubuntu 8.04.1 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall

If this solves you problem, please mark as Solved. If not, please clarify your question.

Hope this helps

Please provide more information about your system, so we can help you. I am interested in you processor, memory, video card and installation method (Wubi/LiveCD/InstallCD).

Thank you

I have a HP laptop 2.0GHz Intel Pentium processor with 2GB of RAM. Not sure exactly what video card I have but it is definitely integrated into the motherboard. I installed UBUNTU while IN windows using an ISO file that I downloaded. I tried uninstalling and then reinstalling thinking maybe there was an error. I'm not sure about Wubi.

Yes you are using the Wubi method. Not as usually we do to install it.

To see if it will work, simply boot your pc from Ubuntu live install cd...

You can choose the menu item, "Try Ubuntu..." you can try Ubuntu running from cd without install on your pc.

Please tell if you get any issue running Ubuntu from cd...

Thank you

No apparent issues with Unbuntu when booting from CD. Seems to work fine when I 'try' it. How do I go about reinstalling Ubuntu WITHOUT Wubi?

Ubuntu installation

Boot the pc and install Ubuntu from Ubuntu live install cd, is the usual and best way to install Ubuntu in dual boot mode. (Ubuntu is installed not using Windows)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/I386
install Ubuntu 8.04.1 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall

Hope this helps

I have about 29 GB left on my C drive. I am pretty sure that I can install Ubuntu using the live cd BUT I would have to repartition my hard drive, which means that I would have to delete everything and start from scratch. When I tried to do a "live" install using the disc, it states that I don't have but 8MB left on my hard drive and that I don't have enough space to install the program.

I only get the above message when I try to install the program "inside" windows after a clean reboot.

Is there a certain command I need to enter to bypass the screen?

Hi Instinkt

I think you are seeing this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/236021

Is your Windows partition formatted as FAT? This will cause a problem. However, the fix has been released, so if you can manage to get the updates onto Ubuntu (particularly of the package initramfs-tools), it should work. However, I don't know how you might go about this.

Another option is to convert your Windows drive to NTFS--this is a fairly drastic step, but NTFS is generally considered to be better than FAT, and recent versions of Windows are designed to use it. There may be some old Windows programs that don't like it, but I don't know of any. The process may also take a while--half an hour or more depending on the size of your hard drive. The basic command you want (from a Windows command prompt) is: "convert C: /fs:ntfs", but see here for more detail: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb456984.aspx

Thanks for everyone's replies. . . .. My hard drive is formatted using NTFS already. I thought windows xp was required to run using NTFS. I did a little research on the support section and found the Gnome partition editor program. I attempted to redirect/resize the remaining free space that I had. I thought things were finally going to work until I got yet another error. I wasn't able to reallocate my hard drive. guess

What error message did you get? It may help to try defragmenting the drive in Windows first.